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Old 02-07-2011, 02:52 PM   #31
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Second shoulder surgery of people I know! He had his on Friday. He almost made it through a night of sleep without a pain killer yesterday, so he is already on his way to recovery. Hope everything goes as well with you.
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Old 02-09-2011, 12:33 PM   #32
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surgery went ok, but was two and half hours not 45 mins. When they got inside they saw what a shitstorm it was. The doc couldn't puul the tendon back so he had to make a bunch of slits (think expanding wire lathe) so he could pull it.

I am just feeling the last effects of the anaesthesia now. The oxycodone is just ok, the fentany/dilaudid and the nerve block were amazing. Catheter, not so much.

Starting to get itchy, took two days to get over dehydration. The staff and docs were all great. I've been sleeping round the clock since Monday.

It's a good thing i've had all that one handed typing practice my left arm will be out of action for 6 weeks.
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Old 02-09-2011, 12:36 PM   #33
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Old 02-09-2011, 12:55 PM   #34
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thank you for typing at us!!
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Old 02-09-2011, 12:56 PM   #35
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Old 02-09-2011, 01:16 PM   #36
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the fentany/dilaudid and the nerve block were amazing.

Footz on the GOOOOOD Stuff !!!

Catheter, not so much.

Bruno wasn't Gentle ???



Feel Betterer soon Bud !!!
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Old 02-09-2011, 01:17 PM   #37
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You're going to go into lurker mode aren't you? All reading and no writing.

Maybe you can get one of those fancy phone apps that does voice recognition typing.

Phone: "Did you say, 'that's not sharp it's a golf pin.'?"
footfootfoot: "No!"
Phone: "Sorry. Command not recognized. Try again."
footfootfoot: "That's not a shark, it's a dolphin."
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Old 02-09-2011, 02:31 PM   #38
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But why do you need to sleep near the clock?
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Old 02-09-2011, 08:31 PM   #39
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Welcome back dude.
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Old 02-10-2011, 05:11 PM   #40
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But why do you need to sleep near the clock?
Cause that's where the bed is, near the clock.
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Old 02-10-2011, 05:12 PM   #41
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so I just have gotten my pain med dosing properly dialed-in. shoot have to go.
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Old 02-12-2011, 08:26 AM   #42
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man this is so hard. the drugs make days melt into one another, weird dreams, itchy as hell, edema in the arm where the surgery was, and my free-roaming anxiety now setting up shop on the thought-form of "I ripped out my stitches in my sleep"

one day the pain was completely gone, i stopped taking my pain meds for a day or so, feeling great. then the pain came back, not in spades, but back. it's weird how the intensity of the pain ebbs and flows, I'm mostly sleeping, too doped to read, one handed typing is not so great (snicker snicker)

dreams have been truly banal and hyperreal. I'll think I'm taking my meds and it's 2:00am, Then I'll wake up and see it is 11:30 pm and I'm not sure if I should take or have already taken my meds.

My pal has been photographing the progression of the wound healing. When he sends me the pics I'll post some.

Nothing really to report, except bruises.
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Old 02-12-2011, 08:34 AM   #43
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Foot that all sounds really groovy.
I'm sure living through it isn't.

Oh yes, photos will be marvellous. I've only just forgiven Bri for not taking gory photos of the tube she had in her chest. Great big fuck off bruises will console me.

My dreams are always pretty much out there, but I get my share of banal/ hyperreal too. I can't imagine what they'd be like if I was on your meds. Hey, send me some and I'll let you know

Glad to see you back, and thanks for making the effort while you're still in recovery x

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Old 02-12-2011, 09:00 AM   #44
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Sounds so very weird footie, keep your head together.
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Old 02-12-2011, 12:52 PM   #45
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After awhile, the one-handed typing will become second nature. You really can get quite fast at it. Which is to say, don't get all macho and insist that your left arm is totally fine and start using it before you're supposed to. Be nice to the poor thing. It's had a hard year.
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